2026 Narrative Conference
June 4-6, 2026
Aarhus, Denmark
The 2026 Narrative Conference is hosted by Narrative Research Lab & Centre for Fictionality Studies, Aarhus University. Further details regarding travel and logistics, including accommodation and accessibility, will be shared soon.
Official Conference website: https://conferences.au.dk/narrative2026
We welcome proposals for papers and panels on all aspects of narrative in any genre, medium, period, discipline, and language.
Proposals for individual papers: Please provide the title and a 300-word abstract of the paper you are proposing; your name, institutional affiliation, email address, and 2-3 keywords; and a brief statement (no more than 100 words) about your work and your publications.
Proposals for panels: Please provide a 700-word description of the topic of the panel and of each panelist’s contribution; the title of the panel, the titles of the individual papers, and 2-3 keywords; and for each participant the name, institutional affiliation, email address, and a brief statement (no more than 100 words) about the person’s work and publications.
Feel free to suggest formats such as roundtables etc. Papers can be presented online or onsite. Please indicate what you expect.
Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2025
Please use the template and send proposals by email (in PDF or word) to narrative2026@gmail.com with the subject title: “Proposal”.
